“And I like a mouse who has taken a cat for its tutor.”
“Cat rescue is like a virus," says Des placidely about the cat obsession that has taken over his life. "And once you're infected, it's incurable.”
“Not like cats ” cried the Mouse in a shrill passionate voice. “Would you like cats if you were me”
“The cat is obeying its blood instinct when it plays with the mouse! It's made that way.”
“What is the cat?” he exclaimed. “It is a corrective. God, having made the mouse, said, ‘I’ve made a blunder.’ And he made the cat. The cat is the erratum of the mouse. The mouse, plus the cat, Is the revised and corrected proof of creation.”
“Dear Fly, I love you. If you are a mouse I am cheese. If you are a cat I am a mouse. You are a fly, so I want to be shit.”